Physocephala rufipes

Physocephala rufipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Conopidae
Subfamily:	Conopinae
Tribe:	Physocephalini
Genus:	Physocephala
Species:	P. rufipes
Binomial name
	Physocephala rufipes; (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
	Conops petiolata Linnaeus, 1767; Conops rufipes Fabricius, 1781; Physocephala petiolata (Linnaeus, 1767);

Physocephala rufipes is a species of fly from the genus Physocephala in the family Conopidae. Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. It is common throughout much of Europe.^[1]

References[]

^ Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.

This article related to members of the muscomomoph flies superfamily Conopoidea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .